Human-wildlife conflict solutions

Monkeys on the rampage!

I don’t know if you saw the news today but apparently a mob of monkeys went on the rampage through a village in South Sulawesi. They broke in to houses and attacked people; 7 people are injured, one critically. Locals claim they came from a local forest and are unsure why they attacked. This isn’t on the island I work on, though it is on the mainland and I know that in this area forest patches are small and the monkeys are under threat. Who knows why they raided the village but it’s quite probable it was for food and an angry, hungry monkey isn’t one I’d want to face! I feel sorry for the vilagers but you can’t really blame the monkeys though… I only hope this doesn’t impact too negatively on their protection and conservation in this area now. Here’s the news article